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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I’ll add one point that I haven’t seen here yet: travel sports. Many boys I know (even as young as 7) are funneled into playing hardcore travel sports (usually baseball, basketball, soccer, or lacrosse). As a result, they have practices every night (so they have less time to do homework) and miss some school because of tournaments. This also perpetuates the idea of “Why should I care about school? I’m going to be a professional athlete!”

[b]Of course we also see this in girls, but at a much lower rate. [/b][/quote]

It's a much lower rate because professional sports is a much narrower and far less lucrative career path for women.

WNBA highest paid player makes $250,000 per year and the league average is $147,000.  Yes, a couple of athletes like Caitlin Clark will make millions from sponsorships.

Compare this to Steph Curry making $55MM per year and the league average is $11.9MM.  You also have MLB, NFL and NHL where male athletes make millions.

Golf and tennis provide far more lucrative opportunities, but again, the men significantly outearn the women.

Of course it's a pipe dream for anyone male or female to become a professional athlete, but it's kind of nuts to put in all that time and money for the outcome to be a marginally MC/UMC salary compared to the men.[/quote]

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